The event is titled How to Select and Win Film Festivals. Potrykus directed the indie films "Ape" and "Buzzard," both of which met with success on the international film-festival circuit. Gaines, prior to heading the ArtPrize organization, was Director of Festivals at the American Film Institute, Director of the Hawaii International Film Festival, a past executive at the Cannes and Sundance Film Festivals, and Director of Festival Strategy and Business Development for the Internet Movie Database.

The event begins at 6:30 p.m. with a networking session, followed by a 7 p.m. discussion moderated by Grand Rapids filmmaker Chris Randall. Admission is free for members of the West Michigan Film and Video Alliance, which is organizing the event, or $5 for non-members.

• Holland's Knickerbocker Theatre is in the midst of its new film series, which continues with the indie comedy "A Birder’s Guide to Everything," screening at 7:30 p.m. May 17-24.

The drama “Redwood Highway," starring Shirley Knight, follows with 7:30 p.m. screenings May 27-31. "The Face of Love," with Ed Harris and Annette Bening, will conclude the spring film series, showing at 7:30 p.m. June 2-7.

Tickets for all the films are $6 for regular admission and $5 for senior citizens, Hope College faculty and children.

• "Return to the Hiding Place," the faith-based movie filmed in Holland in 2010, has secured a handful of showtimes at Holland's Knickerbocker Theatre.

The film will show at 1:30 and 4 p.m. May 23 and 24, and at 4 p.m. May 27 and 28. The 4 p.m., May 23 show will be a special premiere event with local members of the cast and crew.

The film is about Dutch resistance fighters during World War II. It stars Craig Robert Young, David Thomas Jenkins, Rachel Spencer Hewitt and John Rhys-Davies of "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and "Lord of the Rings" fame. Filming also took place in Manistee, Zeeland and Saugatuck.

• The Meijer Great Choices Film Festival will showcase student-made PSAs at 10 a.m. June 7 at Celebration Cinema North. The festival is culled from 320 shorts made by high-school students across Michigan. The top 60 will be screened, with 18 students winners dividing up $21,000 in prizes.

John Serba is film critic and entertainment reporter for MLive and The Grand Rapids Press. Email him at jserba@mlive.com or follow him on Twitter or Facebook.